Eloquent Politicians
Politicians are often termed eloquent. Marcus Antonius, c.83 B.C.–30 B.C., Roman politician and soldier gave one of the most memorable speeches in history, dramatized by William Shakespeare in the play Julius Caesar; Shakespeare used Antonius's famous opening line "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears".
Other speakers and speeches termed eloquent:
- Maximilien Robespierre, Festival of the Supreme Being (1794)
- Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference (1999)
- John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address (1961)
- Winston Churchill, British Liberal and Conservative statesman, artist and Prime Minister.
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany. (1939)
Eloquence is both a natural talent and improved by knowledge of language, study of a specific subject to be addressed, philosophy, rationale and ability to form a persuasive set of tenets within a presentation.
"True eloquence," Oliver Goldsmith says, "Does not consist ... in saying great things in a sublime style, but in a simple style; for there is, properly speaking, no such thing as a sublime style, the sublimity lies only in the things; and when they are not so, the language may be turgid, affected, metaphorical, but not affecting." (Of Eloquence, 1759)
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